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id.

effort, work, occupation

2 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/iːd/
  1. effort, work, occupation

    common-gender · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish idh. Attested on Södermanlands runinskrifter 60. Cognate of Icelandic ið (“fidgeting”). Arguably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”).

noun/iːd/
  1. yew (the tree Taxus baccata), more commonly known as idegran.

    feminine · rare
  2. willow (vide) or sallow (sälg)

    dialectal · feminine · rare
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish idhe, ydhe (“yew”), from Old Norse *iði, from *iðja (“greenery”, literally “yew + collective suffix”), from an earlier *īṷiþia, from Proto-Germanic *īwiþia, *īhwiþia, a collective form of *īhwaz (“yew”) + *-iþia (“collective suffix”). Compare Swedish vide (“willow”), vidja (“withy, wattle”). More commonly found in the compound idegran (“yew spruce”).

noun/iːd/
  1. ide; a fish, Leuciscus idus

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“shine; burn”). Compare origin of braxen, löja.

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